Let me play Devil's Advocate first. Maybe they DID develop such a super drink. It might not be as effective as the marketing is saying, but North Korea has the resources. More importantly, none of the ethical concerns the west have.
I am not saying he is developing a race of super-mutant solders there. I am just saying that, if true, this thing was made with deaths of countless desperate citizens and/or political prisoners.
Brings up the old Nazi argument on the medical experiments they did on the Jews. People will always say its not worth the loss in lives for the data they collected. Though, now that they are dead and that data could cure millions of people, its like the argument changes for some reason.
If you want a dial up analogy, for 2G to 3G was the difference between upgrading from el chepo 2400 band modem to a 14.4k.
The idea that you could suddenly download a 1.44 floppy in 14 minutes was amazing at the time. Almost overnight bbs' were changing over to them.
When, 28.8k (4G) modems came out though, it was kind of meh. Not all BBS's had them and not many people could connect to the true 28.8k (I never connected faster than 21k myself.). You felt the faster speed, but it wasn't the kind of initial jump it was before.
I bet 5G or 6G will be marginal upgrades at best:P
Getting Sprint's 4G Evo this Friday. Replacing my Palm Pre for it.
I could care less about the 4G side. Being faster is nice, but they put so many features in it. FM Radio (now just need a ATSC tuner:P), a wifi endpoint for half the cost of a USB dongle, Google OS with HTC touch skin. Did I mention the same cpu as the nexus with double the flash?
My only worry is the speed HTC updates the firmware. The 4G is just a nice feature.
THIS is your argument? What version it is? All your talking about is application security.
Look, the poster isn't the greatest.NET programmer out there (Plenty of built in stuff for encryption in.NET), but come on. A two byte substitution cipher? All you have to do is put down a packet analyzer, have the application "retrieve" the system password and there you go. Its just kept in the freaking tables and I doubt businesses use ssl on their lan.
But that's not the biggest pet peve. WHY AREN'T YOU USING AD? You know, the 20+ years of authentication system that just works?
I sound angry because on one hand I like how you can program your own authentication provider in iss and start to warm up to Microsoft, but then I read something like this where you don't even bother to use the BUILT IN string encrypting in.NET.
Then why name it the "Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation"?
I think the poster is wrong and your right in the instance that if he doesn't keep talking about it, people won't give him money. But the parent is right about how this is about his "legacy" Thier work is VERY important, and there are very few goverment/charitys that do this kind of resarch into long term disease that affect the poor.
However, I dread the day when someone says "Hey! Bill Gates cured Cancer!"
It can bring down the cost of a console, but unless the cost of the cartage is close to that of a 2 layer blue ray disk, its going to be hard to convince.
Still, if we have the technology to "stamp" rom cart's maybe we got something.
Thing I have learned about law is sometimes the news media over blows it a bit. From what I read about Terry is that maybe he had some issues, but these issues were serious enough to fire the guy.
After reading all the information from BengalsUF, I can honestly say I would reach the same concision. There are many, rational, methods he could of given access to the routers, but he didn't. But to be honest, if he was rational, he might never of been reassigned in the first place.
The example you cite above can't be used because its not absolutely clear she has the password AND that she knows this is an authorized person to give it to. (That was the main crux of the Terry case, as I have read) There is no way to prove she was preventing an authorized user from accessing the system as she, herself is not one.
The problem is wither this case will be used in a more ambiguous incident. Lets say Bob gets hit by a bus, but recovers but has partial amnesia. He doesn't want to lose his job, so he doesn't tell anyone he have forgot all the recovery/console passwords. A year later is told that he needs to give the company the passwords as he is being reassigned. Unlike the Terry case, there are ways to non-destructively recover the passwords but the company can easily press charges BECAUSE the Terry case was successful.
I believe the law AND justice was applied correctly to Terry Child's. However, the problem is everyone thinks law and justice should be EVENLY applied in all circumstances, especially recently. Even the Supreme Court has been doing very VERY narrow definitions, I believe more to avoid this kind go generalizing rather than partition politics.
Thats the rub. The average user doesn't know how to clear viruses, reinstall operating systems, install drivers, know about updating video card drivers for games, what kind of hardware is compatible etc.
If a person doesn't want a tech to come every month, I suggest a mac:P
I hate this argument. I have the Treo 650 and it was marginally useful at best. It didn't crash when a phone call came in (like my Pre:P) but god damn when I lost that stylus its like I lost my hand.
I picked up an iTouch as an upgrade to see what everyone was talking about. The interface is fluid, intuitive and for once, in my life, I don't need a keyboard on my phone. Hell my grandma and grandpa love them and It took YEARS to train them to use basic email. Grandma STILL uses AOL even though she doesn't need to.
That being said I am still getting a Nexus or the new Sprint EVO 4G (Why it take so long for an FM tuner?) as my next upgrade. But the iTouch showed people HOW A SMART PHONE SHOULD WORK. It showed from the dumbest "buy anything geek" to the marketer across the street that you can SELL the same hardware as long as you made it easy for the user. Go figure.
That being said, the N900 IS a nice pice of hardware. I just wish Nokia would buy out Palm. They have some of the best hardware and best people working there, but some of the crappiest UI's.
Well yea but she has all these bipoler issues. She doesn't get along with big boys and won't use ANYTHING unless you get it at the thrift shop or gotten for free by her parents.
Rather be with Apple. She is hot and yours forever. Just be sure not to touch ANYTHING else or she will gorge your eyes out.
Well, that might make sense to a company that has been burned before on this kind of thing (Nokia has some annoying software policy's BECAUSE of security failures in software over the last 20 years).
Look at it from someone who just started, lets say 10 years ago. You buy McAffee because of general reputation. It has decent coperate monitoring tools. They also offer decent protection for the cost. By buying with a "big vendor" you ASSUME they do a quality test first before any anti-virus patch goes out. Its why you have the system do auto updates from McAffe because of that trust.
That, and if McAffee DID screw up on a patch it would practically ruin them. So you feel safe investing in them.
This kind of story happens once every few years. Some major vendor (Norton, Microsoft, etc) has a VERY serious issue that kills the business for a few days. Then all the company's make policy's around protecting themselves from said vendor. (ie most company's do tests on ALL Microsoft patches and prevent auto updates) I think cooperation are children. They learn by trial and error:P
While sure there "were" apps, they were all crap and free. They didn't even have a proper billing system in place. Hell, it came out WITHOUT any native code or 3D support. Why the hell have a phone with a 3D chip and NOT be able to use it.
The idea that you could build apps out of AJAX is all well and good, but it blows for performance apps.
If Palm released the phone with the software as it is NOW, then they would of had a killer. Instead they dragged their feet on the API and development tools.
Kind of reminds me of the war between Nvidia and 3dfx. If Palm had just licensed their software to other phones and forgot about the hardware, they could of been in a better position. I am getting a Nexus when it comes out for sprint BECAUSE it has fast hardware and good software. I got the Palm just because of the software:P
Fine. Microsoft is bashing Goggle again. Har. Har. Oh they have a point? ooooooh.
Dammit, Firefox has done this for years. The god damn Google HOME PAGE is like this. Look at the damn script. Hell, just look on how it "suggests" stuff. Its not comming from your hard drive:P
I bet if you dig in the scripts on MSN you will find the same kind of "feature'
This gets me worked up. The only people who care about privacy is ONLY people who care about privacy. This article is only posted to piss off the slashdoters.
No. There is no such thing as being "mad" anymore. Its a classic case of Assburger's syndrome.
He isn't insane, he just has problems socializing with people and even basic empathy with them. This is the kind of stuff you have to go to therapy for.
Heck, in the most basic sense, most people with Assburger's don't understand why people don't think like them. Its probity why he left the college as he kept getting "bogged down" by "idiots"
There is no such thing as "crazy" anymore. You can label anyone. Hell, even "natural death" seems so natural from a medical standpoint.
Saw it in IMAX 3D, Real3D and straight digital. For some reaosn IMAX came out duel/fuzy for me.
But lets be fair. I remember, as a kid, watching the IMAX at my science museum. It was HUGE and cool! I was excited that I was riding that roller coaster or on the top of that mountain dive. However theaters say they "have" IMAX and its no more than a bigger screen.
After watching it in all 3 formats, I honestly liked the straight digital most. While Real3D was the best in my opinion, it still looked clearer and brighter on flat digital.
Saw Alice in normal film (Movie Tavern doesn't have high end stuff, but booze!) and Real3D. It was BORING! But if you watched it in 3D it was ok at best. Meh. Had a lot of 3D fuzzy edge artifacts though.
Hell, she picked up the iPhone and figured it out in a few days. She isn't stupid, she just dosn't understand crap interfaces:P
She has a box that was upgraded from 98 to XP. 256megs or ram, slow cpu, the works. The problem is that it took SO long to teach her how to do things. When Windows 7 is the only upgrade path, I really didn't want to turn her off computers for an upgrade.
So she is getting this Mac Mini. The AOL desktop interface is very similar to what she had, only ONE mouse button to worry about and I don't have to worry about all these random "trash ware" applications wanting updates.
"I can beat up anyone I want as long as I am doing it for the public good"
I am not saying Batman or this guy isn't doing good work, but he is steeping on allot of toes here. The banks are going to want to throw the book at him and the politician are going to be mad that their corruption/indifference is shown. Even if the "people" are on his side, its going to be hard to argue in a democracy he shouldn't be punished.
Also, he has to have some strong ethical guidelines here. Joker gets away with murder because he knows Batman cannot kill him. Batman goes to great lengths to make sure he doesn't kill anyone no matter what they have done. What does this guy have? Will he release these bankers home address? How about personal information about them? Lets say there IS outright bribery and he shows it by getting the bankers personal account number and information. Will he do the due diligence and, at the very least, blank out the personal account numbers/SS# etc before he releases it to the public?
Its quite probably hypocritical of me to be rooting for this guy, but in the end its why Batman is my favorite comic hero. Its not his inelegance or physical strength, its that he never breaks his rules under any circumstances. Hell, I want to say even stronger than Superman, as he has the power of a near god. Superman can afford to be infallible.
Then I will say it, the game is crap:P Why do you think it was canceled so often?
I was there on the release, before ubisoft killed it, and on the rez done on gametap. It was a grand idea to have live actors, but it just never felt right in the game. The whole balancing act all mmorgs have is to show how important you are make 1000+ players feel the same way. There was just nothing "different" about any of the other players. It was like being part of those improve local theater where your hand was held to where you needed to go and you solve some puzzles. Puzzles, I might add, could be solved by yourself. Hell, it started to become like highschool. Eveyone had their own cliche, people judged you on how much of the content you completed. Not to say everyone wasn't nice about it, but its the same kind of ribbing death knights get in Wow that bothers me in the back of the mind.
I am not saying it wasn't fun at some parts though. When the servers started dieing, there might only be 8-9 people online for the show and it REALLY shinned then. The puzzles were really good, but never really justified the amount of people online.
However, there is NO way a "community" driven game like this is going to work without some basic planning. If you want examples, where are all the "great" maps for the Half Life engine? I have been learning the hammer tool and its SO easy to create even a CS map. Even one for TF2 isn't that much harder. Where is all the mods for Quake 4 now? There are a number of excellent UT2004 mods out there just dead because no one cares anymore. That's the issue with Uru. After the initial excitement wears off, it will take a SERIOUSLY dedicated group of fans to keep the game going. Putting in a new GOOD puzzle evey week. Giving a new story line. Building new textures and models.
Hell, the reason so many people do these things in SL is because of money. Is there any plans for Cyan's 2 man team to implement that kind of system?
People need motivation to add content and I have yet to see why I should spend hours playing this game vs playing a better written single player adventure game.
See this is a simple fix, you don't even need a whole public encryption thing for a simple pin verify process.
If you want to eliminate the man in the middle, just encrypt entire packet with a predetermined seed+pin containing some random data. It decrypts it and sends back the random data xored with a random seed. The terminal now has a way to send a single message to the card that can't be intercepted. If ithe pin was bad (sends trash) the card ticks it off as a use. If the pin was good, the message is clear to the card that it was verified and it doesn't tick it as a bad pin. This makes it so that if someone is just sending garbage to the card to break it, it will lock itself and it eliminates the man in the middle operation for the card.
This is only for the communication for the card though. A hacked terminal at a gas station would be much easier to steal pins.
Meh, I think its not about just getting companies to do it. We need some education. Seriously, from elementary school to high school kind of stuff. The idea behind public/private key encryption or verification is really really easy. You don't need alot of math for any of it. It just gets bogged down in it:P
PS - God. Its like my damn cheep safe I got from cosco. All the electronics are on the faceplate and only two wires go to the solenoid for the bolts in a little hole.
So you have no more friends on MySpace? I bet your Facebook friends are on Twitter now.
I forgot what it was before MySpace, but that was THE shit just five years ago. Twitter is getting big now and Facebook is soso. Who knows.
I doubt google will take either over, but if they have a constant stragity, they might be the fall back for allot of people. I might be on all three services, but I still use gmail for my mail.
I think thats the whole issue here. Why does Goggle have to do any work to get "accepted" into the main kernel anyway?
The android is an embedded device that works with a small subset of chips sets and devices. Why does it have to be in the main kernel to begin with? Is somone going to be shoving a PCI card in that thing? Heck, why does Google have to spend the weeks/months talking back and forth with the developers when they can get their own solution, that works just as well for them, in half the time?
Talking about "giving back to the community" is all well and good, but I don't expect Google to sacrifice their profitability or deadlines just to make some members of the community happy.
Lets be honest here though, all the code is in GPL so whats stopping someone else from doing the work?
Meh. Seriously, no questions on "What are you doing now?" "Have any new projects?" "Are thee any comics you are looking at now a days?"
All these questions are just rehashed from previous side remarks he has stated. He has always been a recluse so why is he doing an interview now?
These things drive me up the wall. Fine, its a puff piece because you don't want to scare the guy off, but I am truly interested in what he has done in all that time.
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Let me play Devil's Advocate first. Maybe they DID develop such a super drink. It might not be as effective as the marketing is saying, but North Korea has the resources. More importantly, none of the ethical concerns the west have.
I am not saying he is developing a race of super-mutant solders there. I am just saying that, if true, this thing was made with deaths of countless desperate citizens and/or political prisoners.
Brings up the old Nazi argument on the medical experiments they did on the Jews. People will always say its not worth the loss in lives for the data they collected. Though, now that they are dead and that data could cure millions of people, its like the argument changes for some reason.
If you want a dial up analogy, for 2G to 3G was the difference between upgrading from el chepo 2400 band modem to a 14.4k.
The idea that you could suddenly download a 1.44 floppy in 14 minutes was amazing at the time. Almost overnight bbs' were changing over to them.
When, 28.8k (4G) modems came out though, it was kind of meh. Not all BBS's had them and not many people could connect to the true 28.8k (I never connected faster than 21k myself.). You felt the faster speed, but it wasn't the kind of initial jump it was before.
I bet 5G or 6G will be marginal upgrades at best:P
Getting Sprint's 4G Evo this Friday. Replacing my Palm Pre for it.
I could care less about the 4G side. Being faster is nice, but they put so many features in it. FM Radio (now just need a ATSC tuner:P), a wifi endpoint for half the cost of a USB dongle, Google OS with HTC touch skin. Did I mention the same cpu as the nexus with double the flash?
My only worry is the speed HTC updates the firmware. The 4G is just a nice feature.
Ok, What the FUCK. I was going to say this wasn't even a story and that the poster had no clue on .NET, then I read THIS:
http://blogs.msdn.com/developingfordynamicsgp/archive/2008/10/02/why-does-microsoft-dynamics-gp-encrypt-passwords.aspx
THIS is your argument? What version it is? All your talking about is application security.
Look, the poster isn't the greatest .NET programmer out there (Plenty of built in stuff for encryption in .NET), but come on. A two byte substitution cipher? All you have to do is put down a packet analyzer, have the application "retrieve" the system password and there you go. Its just kept in the freaking tables and I doubt businesses use ssl on their lan.
But that's not the biggest pet peve. WHY AREN'T YOU USING AD? You know, the 20+ years of authentication system that just works?
I sound angry because on one hand I like how you can program your own authentication provider in iss and start to warm up to Microsoft, but then I read something like this where you don't even bother to use the BUILT IN string encrypting in .NET.
Then why name it the "Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation"?
I think the poster is wrong and your right in the instance that if he doesn't keep talking about it, people won't give him money. But the parent is right about how this is about his "legacy" Thier work is VERY important, and there are very few goverment/charitys that do this kind of resarch into long term disease that affect the poor.
However, I dread the day when someone says "Hey! Bill Gates cured Cancer!"
It can bring down the cost of a console, but unless the cost of the cartage is close to that of a 2 layer blue ray disk, its going to be hard to convince.
Still, if we have the technology to "stamp" rom cart's maybe we got something.
Thing I have learned about law is sometimes the news media over blows it a bit. From what I read about Terry is that maybe he had some issues, but these issues were serious enough to fire the guy.
After reading all the information from BengalsUF, I can honestly say I would reach the same concision. There are many, rational, methods he could of given access to the routers, but he didn't. But to be honest, if he was rational, he might never of been reassigned in the first place.
The example you cite above can't be used because its not absolutely clear she has the password AND that she knows this is an authorized person to give it to. (That was the main crux of the Terry case, as I have read) There is no way to prove she was preventing an authorized user from accessing the system as she, herself is not one.
The problem is wither this case will be used in a more ambiguous incident. Lets say Bob gets hit by a bus, but recovers but has partial amnesia. He doesn't want to lose his job, so he doesn't tell anyone he have forgot all the recovery/console passwords. A year later is told that he needs to give the company the passwords as he is being reassigned. Unlike the Terry case, there are ways to non-destructively recover the passwords but the company can easily press charges BECAUSE the Terry case was successful.
I believe the law AND justice was applied correctly to Terry Child's. However, the problem is everyone thinks law and justice should be EVENLY applied in all circumstances, especially recently. Even the Supreme Court has been doing very VERY narrow definitions, I believe more to avoid this kind go generalizing rather than partition politics.
Thats the rub. The average user doesn't know how to clear viruses, reinstall operating systems, install drivers, know about updating video card drivers for games, what kind of hardware is compatible etc.
If a person doesn't want a tech to come every month, I suggest a mac:P
I hate this argument. I have the Treo 650 and it was marginally useful at best. It didn't crash when a phone call came in (like my Pre:P) but god damn when I lost that stylus its like I lost my hand.
I picked up an iTouch as an upgrade to see what everyone was talking about. The interface is fluid, intuitive and for once, in my life, I don't need a keyboard on my phone. Hell my grandma and grandpa love them and It took YEARS to train them to use basic email. Grandma STILL uses AOL even though she doesn't need to.
That being said I am still getting a Nexus or the new Sprint EVO 4G (Why it take so long for an FM tuner?) as my next upgrade. But the iTouch showed people HOW A SMART PHONE SHOULD WORK. It showed from the dumbest "buy anything geek" to the marketer across the street that you can SELL the same hardware as long as you made it easy for the user. Go figure.
That being said, the N900 IS a nice pice of hardware. I just wish Nokia would buy out Palm. They have some of the best hardware and best people working there, but some of the crappiest UI's.
Well yea but she has all these bipoler issues. She doesn't get along with big boys and won't use ANYTHING unless you get it at the thrift shop or gotten for free by her parents.
Rather be with Apple. She is hot and yours forever. Just be sure not to touch ANYTHING else or she will gorge your eyes out.
Well, that might make sense to a company that has been burned before on this kind of thing (Nokia has some annoying software policy's BECAUSE of security failures in software over the last 20 years).
Look at it from someone who just started, lets say 10 years ago. You buy McAffee because of general reputation. It has decent coperate monitoring tools. They also offer decent protection for the cost. By buying with a "big vendor" you ASSUME they do a quality test first before any anti-virus patch goes out. Its why you have the system do auto updates from McAffe because of that trust.
That, and if McAffee DID screw up on a patch it would practically ruin them. So you feel safe investing in them.
This kind of story happens once every few years. Some major vendor (Norton, Microsoft, etc) has a VERY serious issue that kills the business for a few days. Then all the company's make policy's around protecting themselves from said vendor. (ie most company's do tests on ALL Microsoft patches and prevent auto updates) I think cooperation are children. They learn by trial and error:P
While sure there "were" apps, they were all crap and free. They didn't even have a proper billing system in place. Hell, it came out WITHOUT any native code or 3D support. Why the hell have a phone with a 3D chip and NOT be able to use it.
The idea that you could build apps out of AJAX is all well and good, but it blows for performance apps.
If Palm released the phone with the software as it is NOW, then they would of had a killer. Instead they dragged their feet on the API and development tools.
Kind of reminds me of the war between Nvidia and 3dfx. If Palm had just licensed their software to other phones and forgot about the hardware, they could of been in a better position. I am getting a Nexus when it comes out for sprint BECAUSE it has fast hardware and good software. I got the Palm just because of the software:P
Fine. Microsoft is bashing Goggle again. Har. Har. Oh they have a point? ooooooh.
Dammit, Firefox has done this for years. The god damn Google HOME PAGE is like this. Look at the damn script. Hell, just look on how it "suggests" stuff. Its not comming from your hard drive:P
I bet if you dig in the scripts on MSN you will find the same kind of "feature'
This gets me worked up. The only people who care about privacy is ONLY people who care about privacy. This article is only posted to piss off the slashdoters.
Sadly, it works on to many fronts.
No. There is no such thing as being "mad" anymore. Its a classic case of Assburger's syndrome.
He isn't insane, he just has problems socializing with people and even basic empathy with them. This is the kind of stuff you have to go to therapy for.
Heck, in the most basic sense, most people with Assburger's don't understand why people don't think like them. Its probity why he left the college as he kept getting "bogged down" by "idiots"
There is no such thing as "crazy" anymore. You can label anyone. Hell, even "natural death" seems so natural from a medical standpoint.
Well then, you just need it to block your friends. No friends = No more annoying messages!
(Was just introduced to the joy of grease monkey too. God I love that plugin.)
Saw it in IMAX 3D, Real3D and straight digital. For some reaosn IMAX came out duel/fuzy for me.
But lets be fair. I remember, as a kid, watching the IMAX at my science museum. It was HUGE and cool! I was excited that I was riding that roller coaster or on the top of that mountain dive. However theaters say they "have" IMAX and its no more than a bigger screen.
After watching it in all 3 formats, I honestly liked the straight digital most. While Real3D was the best in my opinion, it still looked clearer and brighter on flat digital.
Saw Alice in normal film (Movie Tavern doesn't have high end stuff, but booze!) and Real3D. It was BORING! But if you watched it in 3D it was ok at best. Meh. Had a lot of 3D fuzzy edge artifacts though.
Hell, she picked up the iPhone and figured it out in a few days. She isn't stupid, she just dosn't understand crap interfaces:P
She has a box that was upgraded from 98 to XP. 256megs or ram, slow cpu, the works. The problem is that it took SO long to teach her how to do things. When Windows 7 is the only upgrade path, I really didn't want to turn her off computers for an upgrade.
So she is getting this Mac Mini. The AOL desktop interface is very similar to what she had, only ONE mouse button to worry about and I don't have to worry about all these random "trash ware" applications wanting updates.
"I can beat up anyone I want as long as I am doing it for the public good"
I am not saying Batman or this guy isn't doing good work, but he is steeping on allot of toes here. The banks are going to want to throw the book at him and the politician are going to be mad that their corruption/indifference is shown. Even if the "people" are on his side, its going to be hard to argue in a democracy he shouldn't be punished.
Also, he has to have some strong ethical guidelines here. Joker gets away with murder because he knows Batman cannot kill him. Batman goes to great lengths to make sure he doesn't kill anyone no matter what they have done. What does this guy have? Will he release these bankers home address? How about personal information about them? Lets say there IS outright bribery and he shows it by getting the bankers personal account number and information. Will he do the due diligence and, at the very least, blank out the personal account numbers/SS# etc before he releases it to the public?
Its quite probably hypocritical of me to be rooting for this guy, but in the end its why Batman is my favorite comic hero. Its not his inelegance or physical strength, its that he never breaks his rules under any circumstances. Hell, I want to say even stronger than Superman, as he has the power of a near god. Superman can afford to be infallible.
Yea, but look at the video right below it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp8Y2yjV4fU All that uses is just a NXT kit.
His website is http://tiltedtwister.com/sudokusolver.html If you want to make your own solver go http://tiltedtwister.com/index.html
Pissees me off, I bought the 2.0 kit and need exra parts. But its amazing what you can do with it. Now to build a LTO tape autoloader!
Then I will say it, the game is crap:P Why do you think it was canceled so often?
I was there on the release, before ubisoft killed it, and on the rez done on gametap. It was a grand idea to have live actors, but it just never felt right in the game. The whole balancing act all mmorgs have is to show how important you are make 1000+ players feel the same way. There was just nothing "different" about any of the other players. It was like being part of those improve local theater where your hand was held to where you needed to go and you solve some puzzles. Puzzles, I might add, could be solved by yourself. Hell, it started to become like highschool. Eveyone had their own cliche, people judged you on how much of the content you completed. Not to say everyone wasn't nice about it, but its the same kind of ribbing death knights get in Wow that bothers me in the back of the mind.
I am not saying it wasn't fun at some parts though. When the servers started dieing, there might only be 8-9 people online for the show and it REALLY shinned then. The puzzles were really good, but never really justified the amount of people online.
However, there is NO way a "community" driven game like this is going to work without some basic planning. If you want examples, where are all the "great" maps for the Half Life engine? I have been learning the hammer tool and its SO easy to create even a CS map. Even one for TF2 isn't that much harder. Where is all the mods for Quake 4 now? There are a number of excellent UT2004 mods out there just dead because no one cares anymore. That's the issue with Uru. After the initial excitement wears off, it will take a SERIOUSLY dedicated group of fans to keep the game going. Putting in a new GOOD puzzle evey week. Giving a new story line. Building new textures and models.
Hell, the reason so many people do these things in SL is because of money. Is there any plans for Cyan's 2 man team to implement that kind of system?
People need motivation to add content and I have yet to see why I should spend hours playing this game vs playing a better written single player adventure game.
See this is a simple fix, you don't even need a whole public encryption thing for a simple pin verify process.
If you want to eliminate the man in the middle, just encrypt entire packet with a predetermined seed+pin containing some random data. It decrypts it and sends back the random data xored with a random seed. The terminal now has a way to send a single message to the card that can't be intercepted. If ithe pin was bad (sends trash) the card ticks it off as a use. If the pin was good, the message is clear to the card that it was verified and it doesn't tick it as a bad pin. This makes it so that if someone is just sending garbage to the card to break it, it will lock itself and it eliminates the man in the middle operation for the card.
This is only for the communication for the card though. A hacked terminal at a gas station would be much easier to steal pins.
Meh, I think its not about just getting companies to do it. We need some education. Seriously, from elementary school to high school kind of stuff. The idea behind public/private key encryption or verification is really really easy. You don't need alot of math for any of it. It just gets bogged down in it:P
PS - God. Its like my damn cheep safe I got from cosco. All the electronics are on the faceplate and only two wires go to the solenoid for the bolts in a little hole.
Meh, its not as bad as it sounds.
http://forums.2kgames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55023
You can turn off Live for windows (I won't, I am an achievement whore) and I buy most of my games from stream anyway so fine with that.
But why even bother with securom anymore?
So you have no more friends on MySpace? I bet your Facebook friends are on Twitter now.
I forgot what it was before MySpace, but that was THE shit just five years ago. Twitter is getting big now and Facebook is soso. Who knows.
I doubt google will take either over, but if they have a constant stragity, they might be the fall back for allot of people. I might be on all three services, but I still use gmail for my mail.
I think thats the whole issue here. Why does Goggle have to do any work to get "accepted" into the main kernel anyway?
The android is an embedded device that works with a small subset of chips sets and devices. Why does it have to be in the main kernel to begin with? Is somone going to be shoving a PCI card in that thing? Heck, why does Google have to spend the weeks/months talking back and forth with the developers when they can get their own solution, that works just as well for them, in half the time?
Talking about "giving back to the community" is all well and good, but I don't expect Google to sacrifice their profitability or deadlines just to make some members of the community happy.
Lets be honest here though, all the code is in GPL so whats stopping someone else from doing the work?
Meh. Seriously, no questions on "What are you doing now?" "Have any new projects?" "Are thee any comics you are looking at now a days?"
All these questions are just rehashed from previous side remarks he has stated. He has always been a recluse so why is he doing an interview now?
These things drive me up the wall. Fine, its a puff piece because you don't want to scare the guy off, but I am truly interested in what he has done in all that time.